Ge Yuan turned around with a beaming smile and said, "There's no need to hurry, little friend. Once I've destroyed this little fellow, I'll play with him for a few days before returning him to you. How does that sound?"
My heart tightened. The old man clearly had no intention of returning him to me. But I was no longer the little immortal whom Grandmaster had once dragged all over the world. I wasn't that afraid of these Dao Tribulations of the Proving-the-Dao Transformation Realm. Of course, that was assuming I first explained the terror of Dao Tribulations to the city's residents. Otherwise, if they helped Ge Yuan instead, I would be surrounded and killed by them.
"Senior, as long as we cooperate, we'll have plenty of chances to play with him in the future. Why insist on keeping him in your hands?" I smiled as I spoke, but Ge Yuan ignored me completely. He had already caught up with Wang Naihe!
Blocking the entrance, Ge Yuan wore a broad smile, while Wang Naihe was smiling as well. The sight struck me as extremely strange.
"Why insist on blocking me? My true body isn't here. Let me leave, and we can both remain at peace. But if we really start fighting, it would be bad if the immortals here were caught up in it." Wang Naihe acted as though the matter had nothing to do with him.
A glimmer flashed through Ge Yuan's languid eyes. He smiled, then asked, "The incident when the Three Immortals destroyed the world back then—was that related to you?"
Wang Naihe shook his head and said, "Actually, I'm curious too. Who exactly are you? Could it be that the master who preached the Dao back then didn't take only me as his disciple?"
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